The Wilshire Grand Center in Downtown Los Angeles - Tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
The $1 billion Wilshire Grand Center, opened in 2017, moved ahead of the U.S. Bank Tower to become the tallest structure in Los Angeles. It is also the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River and (as of our last check) the 15th tallest in the nation. The building stands at 1,100 feet with 73 floors (the U.S. Bank Tower, also with 73 floors, stands at 1,018 feet). The newer building's mast raises its height above that of the U.S. Bank Tower. The Wilshire Grand Center project was first conceived as two towers, but that idea was dropped in 2012. Among other tenants, the Wilshire Grand Center houses the 900-room InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel. The building is owned by Korean Air. It was designed by the architectural firm AC Martin, which, nine decades earlier, designed Los Angeles City Hall in 1928. It is built upon the site of the former Wilshire Grand Hotel (first opened as the Hotel Statler in 1952). The original structure was deconstructed in 2012 to clear the site for the new project. Many of the steel and concrete materials from the original structure were recycled into the new building. The building is designed to withstand an earthquake up to a magnitude 7.4 and even if, in a worst-case scenario, high-speed Santa Ana winds were slamming into the building at exactly the same time. Construction of the building included, in 2014, the world’s record for the largest continuous concrete pour. A total of 21,200 cubic yards of cement was poured into the foundation over 18 hours, delivered by 208 individual trucks. The concrete foundation, 17.5-feet thick and 80 feet below street level, ended up with 82 million pounds of concrete.
Buildings listed here can be classified as "skyscrapers" or multi-story buildings that are 100 meters or more (328-plus feet) in height.
Also see: Tallest Buildings in Los Angeles County by City/Community
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
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Wilshire Grand Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 930 Wilshire Blvd |
1,100 | 73 | 2017 |
US Bank Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 633 W 5th St |
1,018 | 73 | 1989 |
Aon Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 707 Wilshire Blvd |
858 | 62 | 1973 |
Two California Plaza | Los Angeles, Downtown 350 S Grand Ave |
750 | 52 | 1992 |
Gas Company Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 555 W 5th St |
749 | 52 | 1991 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Bank of America Plaza | Los Angeles, Downtown 333 S Hope St |
735 | 55 | 1974 |
777 Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 777 S Figueroa St |
725 | 52 | 1991 |
Wells Fargo Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 333 S Grand Ave |
723 | 54 | 1983 |
Figueroa at Wilshire | Los Angeles, Downtown 601 S Figueroa St |
717 | 53 | 1990 |
Paul Hastings Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 515 S Flower St |
699 | 52 | 1972 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
City National Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 555 S Flower St |
699 | 52 | 1972 |
Beaudry* | Los Angeles, Downtown 960 W 7th St |
696 | 64 | 2023 |
Oceanwide Plaza I* | Los Angeles, Downtown 1110 S Figueroa St |
677 | 53 | --- |
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, LA Live | Los Angeles, Downtown 900 W Olympic Blvd |
667 | 54 | 2010 |
825 South Hill | Los Angeles, Downtown 825 S Hill St |
636 | 50 | 2019 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Thea at Metropolis | Los Angeles, Downtown 1000 W 8th St |
627 | 56 | 2019 |
Citigroup Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 444 S Flower St |
625 | 48 | 1979 |
611 Place | Los Angeles, Downtown 611 W 6th St |
620 | 42 | 1969 |
New Century Plaza Tower II | Los Angeles, Century City 2025 Avenue of the Stars |
600 | 46 | 2021 |
New Century Plaza Tower I | Los Angeles, Century City 2025 Avenue of the Stars |
600 | 46 | 2021 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
One California Plaza | Los Angeles, Downtown 300 S Grand Ave |
578 | 42 | 1985 |
Century Plaza Tower I | Los Angeles, Century City 2029 Century Park East |
571 | 44 | 1975 |
Century Plaza Tower II | Los Angeles, Century City 2049 Century Park East |
571 | 44 | 1975 |
KPMG Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 355 S Grand Ave |
560 | 45 | 1983 |
Ernst & Young Plaza | Los Angeles, Downtown 725 S Figueroa St |
534 | 42 | 1985 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
SunAmerica Center | Los Angeles, Century City 1999 Avenue of the Stars |
533 | 39 | 1990 |
Eighth & Figueroa* | Los Angeles, Downtown 744 S Figueroa St |
530 | 42 | 2023 |
Oceanwide Plaza II* | Los Angeles, Downtown 1110 S Figueroa St |
530 | 40 | --- |
Oceanwide Plaza III* | Los Angeles, Downtown 1110 S Figueroa St |
530 | 40 | --- |
Hope & Flower I | Los Angeles, Downtown 1201 S Hope St |
529 | 40 | 2019 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
865 South Figueroa | Los Angeles, Downtown 865 S Figueroa St |
517 | 39 | 1990 |
Union Bank Plaza | Los Angeles, Downtown 445 S Figueroa St |
516 | 40 | 1968 |
10 Universal City Plaza | Los Angeles, Universal City 10 Universal City Plaza |
506 | 36 | 1984 |
1100 Wilshire | Los Angeles, City West 1100 Wilshire Blvd |
496 | 35 | 1987 |
Fox Plaza | Los Angeles, Century City 2121 Ave of the Stars |
492 | 34 | 1987 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Constellation Place | Los Angeles, Century City 10250 Constellation Blvd |
492 | 35 | 2003 |
AVEN | Los Angeles, Downtown 1120 S Grand Ave |
490 | 38 | 2019 |
The Century | Los Angeles, Century City 1 W Century Dr |
478 | 42 | 2009 |
Moxy Los Angeles/AC Hotel | Los Angeles, Downtown 1260 S Figueroa St |
465 | 33 | 2022 |
ARCO Tower | Los Angeles, City West 1055 W 7th St |
462 | 33 | 1989 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Metropolis Tower II | Los Angeles, Downtown 877 Francisco St |
461 | 40 | 2018 |
Ten Thousand | Los Angeles, Century City 10000 Santa Monica Blvd |
460 | 40 | 2017 |
The Tower | Burbank 3900 W Alameda Ave |
460 | 32 | 1988 |
Equitable Life Building | Los Angeles, Wilshire 3455 Wilshire Blvd |
454 | 34 | 1969 |
Los Angeles City Hall | Los Angeles, Civic Center 200 N Spring St |
454 | 27 | 1928 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
AT&T Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 1150 S Olive St |
452 | 32 | 1965 |
AT&T Switching Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 420 S Grand Ave |
448 | 17 | 1961 |
5900 Wilshire | Los Angeles, Wilshire 5900 Wilshire Blvd |
444 | 32 | 1971 |
MCI Center | Los Angeles, Downtown 700 S Flower St |
443 | 31 | 1973 |
Metropolis Tower I | Los Angeles, Downtown 877 Francisco St |
442 | 39 | 2017 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Hope & Flower II | Los Angeles, Downtown 1201 S Hope St |
421 | 31 | 2019 |
Perla on Broadway | Los Angeles, Downtown 400 S Broadway |
417 | 35 | 2021 |
Shoreline Gateway East Tower | Long Beach 777 E Ocean Blvd |
417 | 35 | 2021 |
Warner Center Plaza III | Los Angeles, Woodland Hills 21650 Oxnard St |
415 | 25 | 1991 |
Circa East | Los Angeles, Downtown 1200 S Figueroa St |
400 | 36 | 2018 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Circa West | Los Angeles, Downtown 1200 S Figueroa St |
400 | 36 | 2018 |
3700 Wilshire | Los Angeles, Wilshire 3700 Wilshire Blvd |
400 | 36 | 2020 |
1900 Avenue of the Stars | Los Angeles, Century City 1900 Avenue of the Stars |
398 | 27 | 1969 |
MTA Building | Los Angeles, Historic Center 1 Gateway Plaza |
398 | 26 | 1995 |
One World Trade Center | Long Beach 1 World Trade Center |
397 | 30 | 1989 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
WaterMarke Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 717 W 9th St |
395 | 35 | 2009 |
Sierra Towers | West Hollywood 9255 Doheny Dr |
395 | 31 | 1965 |
One Wilshire | Los Angeles, Downtown 624 S Grand Ave |
395 | 30 | 1966 |
520 Mateo Street* | Los Angeles, Arts District 520 Mateo St |
390 | 35 | 2023 |
Westin Bonaventure | Los Angeles, Downtown 404 S Figueroa St |
388 | 35 | 1976 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
801 Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 801 S Figueroa St |
381 | 24 | 1992 |
LEVEL Furnished Living | Los Angeles, Downtown 888 S Olive St |
375 | 33 | 2015 |
400 South Hope | Los Angeles, Downtown 400 S Hope St |
375 | 26 | 1982 |
Hilton Los Angeles/ Universal City | Los Angeles, Universal City 555 Universal Terrace Pkwy |
367 | 24 | 1984 |
Roybal Federal Building | Los Angeles, Civic Center 255 E Temple St |
366 | 22 | 1991 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Beaudry Center | Los Angeles, City West 333 S Beaudry Ave |
365 | 29 | 1983 |
Blair House (The Evian) | Los Angeles, Westwood 10490 Wilshire Blvd |
364 | 29 | 1989 |
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard | Los Angeles, Century City 10100 Santa Monica Blvd |
363 | 26 | 1971 |
5670 Wilshire Boulevard | Los Angeles, Wilshire 5670 Wilshire Blvd |
363 | 24 | 1967 |
Oppenheimer Tower | Los Angeles, Westwood 10880 Wilshire Blvd |
363 | 24 | 1970 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Center West | Los Angeles, Westwood 10877 Wilshire Blvd |
363 | 23 | 1990 |
222 North Sepulveda Boulevard | El Segundo 222 N Sepulveda Blvd |
360 | 24 | 1984 |
Figueroa Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 660 S Figueroa St |
356 | 24 | 1989 |
Grand Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 255 S Grand Ave |
353 | 28 | 1989 |
550 South Hope (KPMG Center) | Los Angeles, Downtown 550 S Hope St |
351 | 28 | 1991 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Landmark Apartments | Los Angeles, West L.A. 11770 Wilshire Blvd |
349 | 34 | 2021 |
Bunker Hill Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 800 W 1st St |
349 | 32 | 1968 |
City National Bank Building | Los Angeles, Downtown 606 S Olive St |
348 | 24 | 1968 |
Watt Plaza North Tower | Los Angeles, Century City 1875 Century Park East |
348 | 23 | 1982 |
Watt Plaza South Tower | Los Angeles, Century City 1925 Century Park East |
348 | 23 | 1982 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
10960 Wilshire Boulevard | Los Angeles, Westwood 10960 Wilshire Blvd |
347 | 24 | 1971 |
West Ocean Condominiums I | Long Beach 400 W Ocean Blvd |
345 | 29 | 2007 |
Biltmore Tower | Los Angeles, Downtown 500 S Grand Ave |
340 | 25 | 1987 |
Wilshire Landmark I | Los Angeles, West L.A. 11755 Wilshire Blvd |
334 | 24 | 1986 |
Glendale Plaza | Glendale 655 N Central Ave |
333 | 25 | 1999 |
Building | Location | Height (feet) | Floors | Year Opened |
Apex. The One | Los Angeles, Downtown 900 S Figueroa St |
332 | 28 | 2011 |
888 at Grand Hope Park | Los Angeles, Downtown 888 S Hope St |
330 | 34 | 2018 |
1133 Hope | Los Angeles, Downtown 1133 Hope |
330 | 28 | 2020 |
The Wilshire | Los Angeles, Westwood 10580 Wilshire Blvd |
328 | 27 | 1990 |
The Lexington | Glendale 500 N Brand Blvd |
328 | 22 | 1990 |
Eighteen Eighty Eight Building | Los Angeles, Century City 1888 Century Park East |
328 | 21 | 1971 |
Source: Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat & special thanks to Marshall Gerometta's World's Tallest Buildings